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Upcoming EventsKeeping Your Cool in the Data Center, Sep 7http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=58299&date=2012-09-07
Cooling consumes nearly half of the energy in data centers, and cooling failures account for one-third of the outages in data centers. This seminar will cover the challenges and benefits of data center cooling optimization, including non-energy benefits of reduced maintenance and improved reliability.<br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 100<br />
Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 506<br />
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About the speaker:<br />
Cliff Federspiel is the CTO and founder of Vigilent,a Bay Area company that focuses on building intelligent and automated energy management systems for data centers and large building facilities. <br />
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Dr. Federspiel began his career in R&D at Johnson Controls after receiving his BSME from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, and his SMME and PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1998 he joined the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a Specialist at The Center for Environmental Design Research and the Electronics Research Laboratory.<br />
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In 2004 Dr. Federspiel launched Vigilent, building on his pioneering research in dynamic cooling technology and wireless networking, to address the emerging need of treating cooling and energy consumption as a managed resource. <br />
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Today, he is a leading voice in the field of sustainable energy solutions and green technology, and a frequent speaker at industry conferences, where he advocates for technology solutions for a better planet.http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=58299&date=2012-09-07i4Energy Center Research Symposium, Sep 18http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=58060&date=2012-09-18
<b>The <a href="http://i4energy.org/">i<sup>4</sup>Energy Center</a> is a nexus</b>, bringing multi-disciplinary minds together together to create information technology advances for our multi-layered energy challenges. i<sup>4</sup>Energy is a collaboration among <b><a href="http://citris-uc.org/">CITRIS</a></b> (U.C. Berkeley, Davis, Merced, and Santa Cruz); the California Institute for Energy and Environment (<b><a href="http://uc-ciee.org">CIEE</a></b>); and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (<b><a href="http://www.lbl.gov/">LBNL</a></b>). The research collaboration is focused on creating an integrated information infrastructure that will transform our energy grid into a cooperative, “aware” energy network that is both efficient and able to use sustainable energy resources.<br />
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<b>Preliminary Agenda:</b><br />
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<b>8:00 am</b> Registration and continental breakfast<br />
<b>8:30 am</b> Introduction of the Symposium<br />
<b>8:40 am</b> Presentations from five research projects: FlexLab at LBNL (DOE); LED Cooling (Siemens); Underground cable sensors (CEC); Natural gas pipeline sensors (CEC); Residential energy gateway (CEC)<br />
<b>10:30 am</b> Enabling Technologies Development for Demand Response (CEC): “Wafer-Scale-Integration” of low-powered radios, MEMS sensors, and energy harvesting devices.<br />
<b>12:00 pm</b> Lunch (not provided): Poster session and technology demonstrations<br />
<b>1:30 pm</b> Distributed Intelligent Automated Demand Response (DOE and Siemens): Project has outfitted Sutardja Dai Hall as a demand response technology testbed – goal is to develop intelligent control to automatically reduce peak demand by at least 30%.<br />
<b>4:30 pm</b> Adjourn<br />
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<b>Audience:</b> Open to all.<br />
<b>Registration:</b> Free - please register with Jack McGowan via the information provided belowhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=58060&date=2012-09-18The Real Reasons We Must Have a Smart Grid for the 21st Century, Sep 21http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=58330&date=2012-09-21
Attempts to sell the smart grid to electricity consumers and taxpayers have understandably leaned toward promoting the “carrot” of customer-side applications and their benefits, the “stick” being regulatory mandate. Unfortunately, these promised benefits, while attractive, are not the whole story, and will likely not be fully realized for many years. If the “carrot” cannot be affordably delivered soon, the appearance of overstated promises, especially given the recent hype and media attention, might ignite a consumer/taxpayer backlash that could derail smart grid progress. And the stakes are high. <br />
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The smart grid is more than a smart meter, and is a must for keeping the lights on and electricity prices in check for the early 21st century. The reasons have their roots in trends in the electricity industry that started in the 1960s, and their impacts are reaching critical significance. Today the 21st century electric grid operator faces a growing uncertainty, complexity, inadequacy, conflict, and the need for flexibility, robustness, real-time situation awareness, probabilistic forecasting and rapid response. The smart grid is a necessary, if not sufficient, investment. I think the public needs to be told about this necessity and helped to understand the real reasons sooner rather than later.<br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 100<br />
Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 506http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=58330&date=2012-09-21Bringing New Technology To Market, A Case Study on Tesla Motors Sourcing Strategy, Oct 5http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=59536&date=2012-10-05
An interactive discussion geared for entrepreneurs looking to learn about sourcing strategy for new technology products. We will use Tesla Motor's Roadster sourcing strategy to discuss how to choose between building your own manufacturing facility versus out sourcing. Through the discussion you will learn how to identify your core competencies, the advantages of collocation of manufacturing and engineering, and the benefits and pitfalls of partnering with established companies.<br />
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The schedule for the semester can be found on the <a href="http://citris-uc.org/news/fall_2012_i4energy">CITRIS site. </a><br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 100<br />
Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 506http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=59536&date=2012-10-05A New View of AC Power Distribution Systems, Oct 19http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=58331&date=2012-10-19
Electric power distribution used to be so pleasant and simple: power flowed down the wires from a nice substation to a happy consumer, and if the circuit could handle peak load, it would be okay in all conditions. Today it's much more mysterious: with solar panels and wind turbines, nobody quite knows which way the power is flowing, and it changes from second to second. Even the stability of distribution systems, taken for granted a decade ago, is now being questioned. Alex McEachern and Sascha von Meier will discuss these problems -- opportunities? -- and how a proposed new micro-synchrophasor technology could open a window on distribution power flow and stability.<br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 100<br />
Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 595Bhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=58331&date=2012-10-19sMAP: Simple Measurement and Actuation for Integrating and Managing Physical Data, Oct 26http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=58714&date=2012-10-26
Time-series data is increasingly ubiquitous and generated in large volumes; commercial buildings are a particularly rich source of this information generated by the building management system, computer networks, occupant activity, and many other systems. When put to use, this information could lead to significant reductions in energy consumption; however, it is often located in proprietary "silos", fragmentary, and otherwise disorganized. The sMAP project aims to create a simple, common foundation for collecting and organizing this data: in this talk, we discuss the challenges of dealing with the heterogeneous data sources and providing a simple platform for building energy application. We detail some of the tens of thousands of streams currently collected, and demonstrate some of the many uses sMAP has been put to.<br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 100<br />
Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 595Bhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=58714&date=2012-10-26Piezoelectric Fan Cooling for Enhancement of LED's, Nov 2http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=58326&date=2012-11-02
With the increasing global demand for more efficient lighting solutions, light emitting diodes (LED’s) have gained widespread adoption in both consumer and industrial lighting markets. While LED’s have proven efficiency and longevity, such performance enhancements are highly correlated to their operating temperatures. While LED’s do not produce infrared (IR) radiation, more than 60% of the input power is lost as heat. In order to maximize LED brightness (lumen output) and lifetime, it is essential to reduce the junction temperature through effective thermal management. Typical thermal management methods include passive heat-sinking and conventional fan cooling. While passive heat-sinks provide a noise-less solution to excess heat, natural convection does not provide sufficient cooling for higher powered LED systems. Fan cooling provides forced convection for effective cooling while taking advantage of well-established heat-sink design guidelines developed by the electronic industry. However, the improvement from fan cooling comes at a trade-off between acoustic noise and fan speed.<br />
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Piezoelectric fans can potentially provide low-noise and long-term cooling solutions for modern LED systems. A piezoelectric fan consists of a piezoelectric cantilever beam with a longer mylar blade attached below the beam. When an AC voltage is applied at the beam’s resonant frequency (typically 115V at 60 Hz - 30mW), the tip of the fan experiences a large displacement, resulting in air movement. The vortices flowing from the tip of the blade provide unique airflow patterns for LED cooling applications. Since the frequency of the piezoelectric beams are typically on the lower end of the audible range, acoustic noise from piezoelectric fans are not noticeable. Current research efforts are focused on the design of heat-sinks for cooling LED’s with piezoelectric fans to take advantage of their unique flow patterns. This talk will discuss results from (1) experimental heat transfer analysis, (2) computational design and analysis using COMSOL multi-physics and (3) flow visualization of piezoelectric fans to optimize heat-sink designs.<br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 100<br />
Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 595Bhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=58326&date=2012-11-02Smart City: What Is the Added Value?, Nov 5-6, 2012http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=57255&date=2012-11-05
Smart City approaches rely on the integration of modeling/simulation techniques and ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) into city planning and practices, such as city growth projections, city operations (municipal water/electric supply, waste management, etc.), city processes (such as payroll), city services (to citizens, to businesses, to suppliers, etc.), etc. Smart City approaches are intended to help cities achieve sustainability, but they also raise new issues.<br />
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The 2012 CaFFEET (California France Forum on Energy Efficiency Technologies) will assess the added value that can be generated with regards to two fundamental city needs: attractiveness and resilience.<br />
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Distinguished speakers at this two-day event include:<br />
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Francois Delattre<br />
Ambassador of France in the U.S.<br />
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Bernard Salha<br />
Senior Executive VP and President of R&D, EDF Group<br />
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Melanie Nutter<br />
Director of Environment, San Francisco<br />
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Jean-Louis Missika<br />
Deputy Mayor in Charge of Innovation, Research and Universities, Paris<br />
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More information can be found at <a href="http://caffeet.org/">http://caffeet.org/</a>.http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=57255&date=2012-11-05Vibration Energy Harvesting for Wireless Sensor Networks, Nov 9http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=58329&date=2012-11-09
Wireless sensor networks have huge potential to improve efficiency and quality of manufacturing operations, enable smart grid applications, and enable demand response/smart buildings, among other exciting applications. Ubiquitous sensor networks would allow two-way communication, real-time remote monitoring, and rapid response to changing conditions. Consider the difference between landline telephones and smart phones to imagine how wireless sensing networks might transform infrastructure, energy, and manufacturing. However, current wireless sensor nodes are expensive to maintain as batteries die and need to be replaced, and the nodes are often very difficult to install. Energy harvesting has the potential to resolve these issues and enable a stick-on, set it and forget it type of node.<br />
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This talk will highlight the different types of energy harvesting research going on in our group, giving a brief overview of how each technology works and when it might be used. I will then focus in on piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting, which is the subject of my research. I will discuss experimental results of a MEMS harvester tested on machinery, optimization of the harvester, and integration of the energy harvester with energy storage. Finally, I will present a novel resonator design that is able to passively self-tune its frequency to match the input vibration.<br />
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The schedule for the semester can be found on the <a href="<br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 100<br />
Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 595Bhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=58329&date=2012-11-09Algorithms for Advanced Lighting Controls, Nov 16http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=58917&date=2012-11-16
Electric lighting represents a significant fraction of energy use in commercial and industrial buildings. Controlling electric lighting output based on occupancy, daylight availability and electricity demand can significantly reduce electric lighting and associated cooling energy requirements. Traditional control strategies and technologies use single sensors for occupancy and daylight, which have significant limitations in reliability and cost-effectiveness. This CITRIS project is focused on improving sensing reliability through consideration of real-time and historical data from multiple local and remote data streams using the simplified Measurement and Actuation Profile (sMAP) software environment. The objective of the project and the focus of the talk is on the development and demonstration of advanced electric lighting control algorithms that adjust electric lighting output in individual luminaires based on multiple sMAP data streams from occupancy and light sensors installed in each individual luminaire, as well as on real time electricity rates, aiming for continuous automated calibration and optimization of performance in terms of comfort and energy efficiency.<br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 100<br />
Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 595Bhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=58917&date=2012-11-16ThermoVote: Participatory Sensing for Efficient and High Quality Building Conditioning, Nov 30http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=58834&date=2012-11-30
Thermal comfort in buildings has traditionally been measured solely by temperature. While other methods such as Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) are available for measuring thermal comfort, the parameters required for an accurate value are overly complicated to obtain and require a great deal of sensory input. In this talk, we propose to bypass overly cumbersome or simplistic measures thermal comfort by bringing humans in the loop. By using humans as sensors, we can accurately adjust temperatures to improve occupant comfort. We show that occupants are more comfortable with a system that continually adjusts to thermal preference than a system that attempts to predict user comfort based on environmental factors. In addition, we also show that such a system is able to save 10.1% energy while improving the quality of service.<br />
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Short Bio:<br />
Alberto Cerpa is an Assistant Professor and Founding Faculty at UC Merced. He received the Ph.D. in CS from UCLA in 2005, the M.Sc. degree in CS from USC in 2000, the M.Sc. in EE from USC in 1998, and the Engineer degree in EE from the Buenos Aires Institute of Technology, Argentina in 1995. His interests lie broadly in the computer networking and distributed systems areas. His recent focus has been on systems research in wireless sensor networks, with emphasis on network self-configuration, radio channel measurement and characterization, programming models, and development of wireless testbeds. Dr. Cerpa applies sensor network technology to a wide range of application domains, including building energy management, solar radiation mapping and control for solar energy generation, exercise physiology monitoring and modeling, among others.<br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
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Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 595Bhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=58834&date=2012-11-30Infrastructure Mediated Sensing, Dec 7http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=61650&date=2012-12-07
Disaggregated sustainability sensing measures the amount of usage from each fixture or appliance in a space—for example, providing information on the amount of water, electricity, or gas use at each point in the home. "The kitchen faucet was used 33 times today, for a total of 10 gallons." This type of information enables a number of end-use studies on sustainable water, gas, and electricity use, as well as enabling real-time eco-feedback monitoring. In this talk I will explain how we sense disaggregated usage using Infrastructure Mediated Sensing (IMS). IMS infers activity in a space or residence by sensing at a single point along a home's infrastructure (i.e., a pressure sensor for sensing whole home water use, a single microphone for sensing gas use, a plug-in sensor for electricity). I will give an overview of each system and give an extended explanation of our work in water sensing.<br />
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Eric Larson is a senior PhD student at the University of Washington, with expected completion in April 2013. He received his M.Sc. in EE from Oklahoma State University in 2008. He is advised by Shwetak Patel in the Laboratory of Ubiquitous Computing at the UW. His dissertation focuses on signal processing and machine learning that support sustainable water use, and he is working on semi-supervised modeling to make the designs practical. The tools that he is currently developing could be used by many others who are non-experts in machine learning. He has a broad range of interests, including research in image processing, optimization, technical HCI, and, most recently, sensing markers of health from mobile phones.<br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
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Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 595Bhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=61650&date=2012-12-07Use of a Frequency Response Metric to Assess the Planning and Operating Requirements for Reliable Integration of Variable Renewable Generation, Feb 1http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=63433&date=2013-02-01
An interconnected electric power system is a complex system that must be operated within a safe frequency range in order to reliably maintain the instantaneous balance between generation and load. This is accomplished by ensuring that adequate resources are available to respond to both expected and unexpected imbalances, and restore frequency to its scheduled value in order to ensure uninterrupted electric service to customers. <br />
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As part of its responsibility to oversee the reliability of the nation’s bulk power system, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) staff commissioned Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) to study how a critical aspect of reliability -- the control of power system frequency during the period immediately following the sudden loss of a large conventional power plant –can be better measured to assess the adequacy of frequency control in the interconnections currently and can be used to manage the reliable integration of new resources, including variable renewable generation.<br />
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This talk will present selected aspects of LBNL’s report to FERC, including an overview of power system frequency control and frequency response concepts, the impacts of increased variable renewable generation on frequency response, findings from dynamic simulations of the frequency response of U.S. interconnections with varying amounts of both variable renewable generation and operating reserves, and the study’s recommendations.<br />
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Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 506http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=63433&date=2013-02-01Sustaining a Green Campus, Feb 22http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=63599&date=2013-02-22
In 2008, Lisa McNeilly was appointed the UC Berkeley campus's first director of sustainability. She has worked to create and manage a campus Office of Sustainability, a key step toward achieving the campus's long-term sustainability goals, fostering a culture of sustainability at the organizational and individual levels, and integrating sustainability into the classroom.<br />
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In coordinating campus sustainability initiatives, McNeilly supports the efforts of the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Sustainability (CACS), the Cal Climate Action Partnership (CalCAP), the Berkeley Environmental Alumni Network (BEAN), the award-winning Berkeley Green Campus Program, as well as the work of Environment, Health, and Safety, the green-building and energy-conservation programs in Facilities Services, the sustainability manager at the Office of the President, and the many other campus units, student organizations, and public agencies working in this area. <br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
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Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 506http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=63599&date=2013-02-22Grid Integration of Intermittent Renewable Energy Resources, Mar 1http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=63639&date=2013-03-01
Energy storages are expected to play a significant role in increasing grid penetration of intermittent renewable resources. In this presentation, I will show that -, based on various hourly simulations,- storage design and dispatch plays a significant role in our ability to transition to a grid that can accommodate very large intermittent renewable systems. First, I will describe the result of an hourly simulation performed for an island Israeli grid. This will be followed by a brief discussion of the case of an interconnected grid using an hourly load data and the corresponding simulated wind and solar output for the state of California. This study shows that to design such a grid, we will be required to consider a new operational policy. In this talk, I will also discuss other complications related to designing such a power grid.<br />
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Solomon Abebe Asfaw received his undergraduate degree in Physics from Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; an M.Sc. degree in Physics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; a second M.Sc. and PhD degree specializing in energy system modeling from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer, Israel. He was a recipient of the 2010 wolf prize for outstanding PhD students in Israeli Universities. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at University of California - Berkeley. <br />
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Solomon's research interests include: very high grid penetration of intermittent renewable energy resources (Solar and Wind) with and without energy storage; the role of storage design and dispatch; long term planning of power grid, etc. His findings have been published in peer-reviewed journals, as book chapters, and conference proceedings. <br />
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Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 595Bhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=63639&date=2013-03-01Sustainable Community Economic Development, Mar 8http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=63548&date=2013-03-08
Energy is key to effective community economic development. From energy efficiency as the foundation, keeping money at home, to renewable energy generating profits for German towns to entrepreneurs like Mosaic generating jobs and prosperity, clean energy will be the key to revitalizing our economies. Hunter Lovins will review the basic principles of effective local economic development, describe inspiring examples from around the world and present tools for building sustainable local economies here at home.<br />
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L. Hunter Lovins is President and founder of the Natural Capitalism Solutions (NCS) (www.natcapsolutions.org). NCS educates senior decision-makers in business, government and civil society to restore and enhance the natural and human capital while increasing prosperity and quality of life. In partnership with leading thinkers and Implementers, NCS creates innovative, practical tools and strategies to enable companies, communities, and countries to become more sustainable.<br />
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Trained as a sociologist and lawyer (JD), Hunter is also currently a professor of sustainable business management at Bainbridge Graduate Institute, Bard College, and Denver University; and the chief insurgent of the madrone project.<br />
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Recipient of such honors as the Right Livelihood Award, Lindbergh Award and Leadership in Business, she was named Time Magazine 2000 Hero of the Planet and in 2009 Newsweek dubbed her a “Green Business Icon.” She has co-authored nine books and hundreds of papers, including the 1999 book, Natural Capitalism, 2006 e-book Climate Protection Manual for Cities, and the 2009 Transforming Industry in Asia. She has served on the boards of governments, non- and for profit companies.<br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
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Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 506http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=63548&date=2013-03-08Building Efficiency and Sustainability in the Tropics, Mar 22http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=65240&date=2013-03-22
A building can be an agile, sentient, complex dynamic system that delivers customized sequences of micro-environments to optimize comfort and productivity while minimizing carbon footprint. Such a building leverages pervasive sensing and information technology to realize and maintain tunable physical models, and to synthesize state-of-the-art knowledge about occupant needs and patterns, allowing optimal integration and management. This view introduces modern agile manufacturing principles in building operations, with activities such as process control, fault detection and classification, planning, forecasting and supply chain management when interacting with the grid, the utilities, and the environment. We will address this concept in the context of a newly established research program between UC Berkeley, Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore and Singapore’s National Research Foundation.<br />
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COSTAS J. SPANOS received the EE Diploma from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in ECE from Carnegie Mellon University. In 1988 he joined the Faculty at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences of the University of California at Berkeley. He has served as the Director of the Berkeley Microlab, the Associate Dean for Research and as Department Chair. He works in statistical analysis in the design and fabrication of integrated circuits, and on novel sensors and computer-aided techniques in semiconductor manufacturing. He also works on statistical data mining techniques for energy efficiency applications. He has contributed to two successful startup companies, Timbre Tech, (acquired by Tokyo Electron) and OnWafer Technologies (acquired by KLA-Tencor). He is presently a Director of the Center for Research in Energy Systems Transformation, and of the Berkeley Educational Alliance for Research in Singapore.<br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138<br />
Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 595Bhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=65240&date=2013-03-22The Role of Supply-Following Loads in Highly Renewable Electricity Grids, Apr 5http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=63551&date=2013-04-05
Driven by renewables portfolio standards and emissions limits, electrical grids are phasing in renewable electricity generation at an unprecedented rate, primarily displacing traditional fossil fuel-powered sources. Most electricity generation by renewables is non-dispatchable, meaning that it often fluctuates unpredictably and cannot be scheduled or shifted. This makes matching supply and demand to ensure electrical reliability a fundamentally new challenge as the proportion of renewable sources increases.<br />
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To overcome the challenges of fluctuating renewable generation, I study the use of supply-following electrical loads that are responsive to grid conditions such as energy availability or electricity price. This talk presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of three supply-following loads: a home heater, a refrigerator enhanced with thermal energy storage, and a heat pump for cooling a room or house. I assess to what extent these supply-following loads can improve supply and demand matching by using a model of the California electrical grid at different levels of renewables penetration. Using what remains after applying supply-following loads, I analyze the requirements for energy efficiency, demand flexibility, and seasonal energy storage to further improve the match in future, sustainable electricity grids.<br />
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Bio: Jay Taneja is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science, advised by Professor David Culler and expecting to finish in May, 2013. His primary research interests are in applications of information technology to societal-scale challenges, particularly in energy systems. He received his B.S. from The Ohio State University and his M.S. from the University of California, Berkeley. He has accepted a Research Scientist position at the new IBM Research lab in Nairobi, Kenya. <br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
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Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 506http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=63551&date=2013-04-05Downstream Regulation of CO2 Emissions in California's Electricity Sector, Apr 12http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=65246&date=2013-04-12
We examine the implications of alternative forms of cap-and-trade regulations on the California electricity market. Specific focus is given to the implementation of a downstream form of regulation known as the first-deliverer policy. Under this policy, importers (i.e., first-deliverers) of electricity into California are responsible for the emissions associated with the power plants from which the power originated, even if those plants are physically located outside of California. We find that, absent strict non-economic barriers to changing import patterns, such policies are extremely vulnerable to reshuffling of import resources. The net impact implies that the first-deliverer policies will be only marginally more effective than a conventional source-based regulation.<br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138<br />
Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 595Bhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=65246&date=2013-04-12A Berkeley Lab Sustainability Strategy, Apr 19http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=65249&date=2013-04-19
How does a mature organization change business-as-usual to meet aggressive sustainability goals over the coming decades? John Elliott, Chief Sustainability Officer at Berkley Lab, will present the Lab's strategy for doing just that. John will provide a high-level overview of priorities and planned approaches for a sustainable Berkeley Lab, with updates on initiatives underway.<br />
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John Elliott is Chief Sustainability Officer at Berkeley Lab and is responsible for directing and implementing the Lab’s sustainability strategy. He was previously Director, Energy and Sustainability at UC Merced and has previous experience in energy efficiency program design, leading a professional services team implementing energy software solutions for utilities and market operators, working with native American tribes on energy efficiency and renewables, as well as doing groundwater modeling and design of soil and groundwater remediation systems. John draws on the local academic communities of Stanford and the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley, where he received undergraduate and masters degrees.<br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138<br />
Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 595Bhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=65249&date=2013-04-19Smart Grid and Technology Integration at Pacific Gas and Electric, Apr 26http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=65253&date=2013-04-26
The Smart Grid has evolved from a concept to reality in California. In its earliest days, Smart Grid was a collection of interesting ideas for a more sustainable and efficient energy infrastructure that created a buzz with influential policy makers. The Smart Grid has matured from concepts in white papers to real capabilities that are providing concrete and measureable benefits to utility customers and providing new opportunities for technology companies across California.<br />
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PG&E is recognized as a leader in Smart Grid in the U.S. and around the world. PG&E has been named the greenest utility in the U.S. by Newsweek, has consistently been named as a top utility for its Smart Grid program and has been recognized as the leading utility in the U.S. for grid integration of solar energy generation. Kevin Dasso, the executive responsible for PG&E’s Smart Grid program, will describe PG&E’s current Smart Grid program and how it is providing real benefits to its customers today.<br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138<br />
Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 595Bhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=65253&date=2013-04-26Advanced Energy Storage, May 3http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=65254&date=2013-05-03
Energy storage has often been referred to as the ‘holy grail’ of the electric power system – an unattainable panacea that would greatly improve the grid if found. Come hear why it is no longer unattainable, but rather a true power system game changer making impacts today. Janice Lin of Strategen Consulting will show how energy storage is creating tremendous opportunities within the production value chain, throughout the grid, and across multiple industry sectors.<br />
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The modern power grid was designed and is currently operated based on the premise that energy cannot be practically stored. That was a reasonable approach when both energy consumption and fossil-based generation were highly predictable and global warming a distant concern. <br />
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Today, with the implementation of large quantities of intermittent renewable energy and the concurrent electrification of transportation, the nature of demand and supply is rapidly changing and becoming more difficult to manage. Power plants struggle to balance supply and demand in real time, which causes a host of problems, including the need for large fleets of idling power plants, poor grid reliability and costly capacity additions that are utilized only a few days per year. <br />
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Energy storage is a broad asset class that can respond quickly to these imbalances by shaping and shifting energy to when it is needed most. Storage thus provides enormous local and system-wide benefits, including greater electric system reliability, more economical use of existing assets, faster response of the grid to changing loads, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and improved ability to integrate renewable energy. <br />
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With so many demonstrated and potential benefits, why isn’t there more advanced energy storage on the grid? In this talk, Strategen Consulting Managing Partner Janice Lin will discuss the major policy hurdles to integrating energy storage onto the grid, touching on why California is a role model for energy policy and how organizations like the California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA) are working to create a level playing field for energy storage in the electric power sector. The discussion will also cover energy storage and the myriad benefits it provides, as well as the opportunities that will be created as storage and renewables transform our electric power system to be cleaner, more efficient, more reliable, and more cost effective.<br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
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Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 595Bhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=65254&date=2013-05-03Design for Change Lab: Sustainability, Technology and the Dynamics of Rapid Change, May 10http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=65256&date=2013-05-10
Our world's most pressing challenges, such as Climate Change, energy insecurity, water insecurity, social inequity, and food insecurity are integrated challenges that are marked by scale, complexity, and urgency. In some ways, the state of the crisis is a manifestation of our current approaches and institutional structures. Our disciplines work in silos, but meanwhile the challenges are integrated. Pure technology or policy measures fail to give us the scaled outcomes that we desire, and therefore our approach needs to encompass the integrated nature of these scaled challenges. The difficulty of challenges of this class requires that we develop new innovation methodologies. Since at the level of the larger system, the boundary conditions encompass technology, economics, geo-political constraints, socio-cultural backdrops, the human behavior, the regulatory landscape and resource flows, we need effective ways of intervening with multi-agency in order to change system behavior. Prof Banerjee who is the director of Stanford ChangeLabs, will talk about how his team is combining Design Thinking with other approaches such as technology strategy, diffusion theory, and behavioral sciences to develop innovation methodologies to address scaled challenges.<br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
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Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 595Bhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=65256&date=2013-05-10Sustainable Tribal Buildings and Renewable Energy Systems, Oct 30http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=69291&date=2013-10-30
Sustainable Design is the art and science of designing products, services, and the built environment to meet the three pillars of sustainability: society, environment, and economics. An example of a “wicked problem in socio-ecological systems”, sustainable design in vulnerable or abused communities is extremely challenging. Our Tribal CARES (Community Assessment of Renewable Energy & Sustainability) approach uses sustainable co-design as a methodology that puts the social factors in an active rather than passive role around the design table and empowers all stakeholders in the sustainable design process.<br />
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This semester marks the start of a new format for CITRIS seminars. The i4Energy seminar series will be included in the Research Exchange seminar series and held only on Wednesdays (seminars will no longer take place separately on Fridays). This format gives us chance to focus on each of our initiatives in turn, bringing challenging speakers to discuss their research and join in an ongoing discussion at CITRIS.<br />
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<a href="http://citris-uc.org/news/RE_fall_2013">List of the seminars for the fall semester</a>. <br />
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The seminars are held in in the Banatao Auditorium of Sutardja Dai Hall on the UC Berkeley campus, and box lunches are provided *with registration*.<br />
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Registration for each event (by the Monday prior at 3pm) is required for lunch at UC Berkeley at <a href=" https://aliceagogino-citrisre.eventbrite.com/"> eventbrite </a>.http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=69291&date=2013-10-30Electrified Vehicle Energy Management: Solutions and Opportunities, Nov 1http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=70499&date=2013-11-01
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One of the greatest opportunities and challenges in developing a sustainable and efficient transportation infrastructure rests upon intelligent energy management in electrified vehicles. This talk specifically addresses problems at three levels of vehicle electrification: the battery, the vehicle, and the infrastructure. We address energy management at each level from a systems and controls point-of-view. The talk closes with a review of open questions and opportunities in electrified vehicle energy management<br />
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Scott Moura is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley in Civil and Environmental Engineering. He received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan in 2011, the M.S. degree from the University of Michigan in 2008, and the B.S. degree from the UC Berkeley, in 2006 - all in Mechanical Engineering. He was a postdoctoral scholar at UC San Diego in the Cymer Center for Control Systems and Dynamics, and a visiting researcher in the Centre Automatique et Systèmes at MINES ParisTech in Paris, France. <br />
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He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, UC Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan Distinguished ProQuest Dissertation Honorable Mention, University of Michigan Rackham Merit Fellowship, College of Engineering Distinguished Leadership Award. He has also been honored as a Semi-Plenary speaker at the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC) and Best Student Paper Finalist at the American Control Conference and ASME DSCC. His research interests include optimal and adaptive control, PDE control, energy storage, smart grid systems, and batteries.http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=70499&date=2013-11-01Demand-Side Modeling, Estimation and Control in Electric Power Systems, Nov 13http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=69296&date=2013-11-13
Duncan Callaway joined the Energy and Resources Group as an assistant professor in the Fall of 2009, and he also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley.<br />
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Dr. Callaway’s research can be categorized in three areas: modeling and control of aggregated storage devices; power management; and system analysis of energy technologies and their impact. His research involves the use of a variety of methods, including stochastic modeling, system identification, dynamics and control, and spatial analysis. In general, his work focuses on improving energy efficiency and renewable resource utilization through novel energy system configuration and control strategies. Some of the specific application areas he works on include wind energy, demand response and load control, and plug-in electric vehicles. <br />
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This semester marks the start of a new format for CITRIS seminars. The i4Energy seminar series will be included in the Research Exchange seminar series and held only on Wednesdays (seminars will no longer take place separately on Fridays). This format gives us chance to focus on each of our initiatives in turn, bringing challenging speakers to discuss their research and join in an ongoing discussion at CITRIS.<br />
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<a href="http://citris-uc.org/news/RE_fall_2013">List of the seminars for the fall semester</a>. <br />
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The seminars are held in in the Banatao Auditorium of Sutardja Dai Hall on the UC Berkeley campus, and box lunches are provided *with registration*.<br />
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Registration for each event (by the Monday prior at 3pm) is required for lunch at UC Berkeley at <a href="http://citris.eventbrite.com/">http://citris.eventbrite.com/</a> <br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138<br />
Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 595Bhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=69296&date=2013-11-13Automating Demand Response: From Hot Summer Events to Any Time, Nov 22http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=70498&date=2013-11-22
Mary Ann Piette is the Head of the Building Technology and Urban Systems Department and has been at LBNL since 1983. She is also the Director of the Demand Response Research Center (DRRC). The DRRC develops DR technology and the Open Automated Demand Response standard, which is a key element of the NIST Smart Grid standards. OpenADR is being deployed to deliver over 250 MW of DR in California and throughout the US. Ms. Piette develops and evaluates low-energy and demand response technologies for buildings. She specializes in commissioning, energy information systems, benchmarking, and diagnostics. <br />
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In 2006 Ms Piette received the Benner Award at the National Conference on Building Commissioning for contributions to making commissioning “business as usual”. Ms. Piette completed her undergraduate work at UC Berkeley in Physical Science. She has a Master’s of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley and a Licentiate in Building Services Engineering from the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=70498&date=2013-11-22Overview of Rural Electrification Research in Kenya and India, Dec 4http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=69304&date=2013-12-04
Rural electrification remains a critical development challenge in low-income countries - one that promises great social benefits while simultaneously risking substantial environmental damage. Given that conventional energy systems rely heavily on fossil fuels, increasing access to electricity for the 1.3 billion people still living without it could lead to very large increases in local and global pollution. To date, there is very limited evidence regarding the impacts of electrification in low-income countries, although these are the households that will drive most of the medium-term growth in global energy consumption. Our challenge, then, is to determine how best to harness the benefits of rural electrification while minimizing environmental costs. This talk will summarize ongoing research that aims to shed light on both sides of this critical trade off.<br />
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Catherine Wolfram is Cora Jane Flood Professor of Business Administration at the Haas School of Business and a researcher at the UC Energy Institute. Her research focuses on the economics of energy markets.<br />
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She has studied the impact of environmental regulation on energy markets and the effects of electricity industry privatization and restructuring around the world.<br />
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She received a PhD in economics from MIT. Before joining the faculty at UC Berkeley, she was an assistant professor of economics at Harvard University.<br />
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The seminars are held in in the Banatao Auditorium of Sutardja Dai Hall on the UC Berkeley campus, and box lunches are provided *with registration*.<br />
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Live broadcast at <a href="http://video.citris.berkeley.edu/playlists/webcast">http://video.citris.berkeley.edu/playlists/webcast</a>. Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISRE. All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel <a href="http://www.youtube.com/citrisuc">http://www.youtube.com/citrisuc</a>.<br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138<br />
Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 595Bhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=69304&date=2013-12-04Cognitive Computing for Utilities, Jan 22http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=73402&date=2014-01-22
This talk focuses on a cognitive computing approach to handle common problems within utilities, concentrating on utility operations and exploring the concept of using cognitive models and the underlying technologies that support it. I will discuss such topics as big data, analytics, sensing and the Internet of Things (IoT), along with the cognitive modeling schema. In addition, I will present examples of business problems that could utilize cognitive computing capabilities, along with issues and challenges to this type of approach. <br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
Webviewing at UC Merced: SSM 317<br />
Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 595Bhttp://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=73402&date=2014-01-22Does Rebound Offset the Savings from Energy Efficiency?, Jan 29http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=73654&date=2014-01-29
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Improving the efficiency with which we use energy is often said to be the most cost-effective way to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, such improvements usually lower the cost of using energy-intensive goods and may create wealth from the energy savings, both of which lead to increased energy use, a "rebound'' effect. Disagreements about the magnitude of energy efficiency rebound are immense and play a central role in debates over the role energy efficiency can play in combating climate change. But these differing views seem to stem as much from the lack of a common framework for the analysis as from different estimates of key parameters. I present a theoretical framework that parses rebound into economic income and substitution effects. The framework helps shed new light on how rebound is affected by the pricing of energy, as well as by the degree to which consumers optimize their consumption. I then explore the implications of this framework for measurement of rebound, examining rebound from improved auto fuel economy and lighting efficiency. The illustrative calculations I carry out suggest that rebound is unlikely to that more than offset the savings from energy efficiency investments (known as ``backfire''), but rebound is likely to reduce the net savings by roughly 10% to 40% from these energy efficiency improvements.<br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
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Registration through eventbrite is required for lunch at UC Berkley.http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=73654&date=2014-01-29Breaking the Habits of Economic Growth: an Imperative for a Low Carbon Transformation, Feb 12http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=73906&date=2014-02-12
In this lecture, I will argue that a century of lived experience in the political economy of expansive capitalism in the rich countries of the world has led to a habituation to not only high levels of materials and resources used in everyday practices, but to a habituation to expansion itself. Neither energy and climate change theorists nor policy makers have engaged with the culture of capitalism. Mainstream policy is putting all of its effort into making sustainability happen within an expansionist frame. <br />
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The record shows that several decades of efforts to reduce energy use and carbon emissions in growth economics such as those of the OECD countries have not been successful, while at the same time rapidly expanding economies elsewhere are using energy and emitting carbon in step with their economic growth. <br />
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Using examples from home energy, transport and food, I will articulate the relationship between the politics of expansion and the formation of high-energy habits at the level of family and household. It will elaborate a theory of habits and reflect on the politics of unlocking low energy habits. A transformative policy will entail a reassessment of a macro-economic framing which assumes that growth and markets will do the strategic restructuring for us. It will involve support for emerging community-based actions around the world, both real and virtual, that are engaged forming collaborative practices and reestablishing shared ownership. <br />
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The schedule for the semester can be found on the <a href="http://citris-uc.org/news/RE_spring_2014">CITRIS site. </a><br />
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Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall<br />
Webviewing at UC Merced: SSM 317<br />
Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 595B<br />
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Registration through eventbrite is required for lunch at UC Berkley.http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/i4energy.html?event_ID=73906&date=2014-02-12